Stopping The Presses

In the 1920s and 30s, Minneapolis was crime city. Gangsters and politicians were partners running the Twin Cities’ illegal gambling, prostitution, and liquor concerns. Stopping the Presses is a searing look at this corrupt time, told through the life of martyred journalist Walter W. Liggett by his daughter, who finally sets the record straight. Walter Liggett published The Mid-West American, a newspaper that sought to expose machine politics and corruption in Minnesota. At times Liggett seemed a